Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Reform Proposals

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Guide Provides Overview of Policy Approaches to Covering the Uninsured
This reference guide explains the key strategies for expanding affordable coverage to the nation's uninsured population and explains how approaches can be combined to form comprehensive reform proposals.

Health Care Reform Newsmaker: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, appeared as the first guest in a series of Health Care Reform newsmaker briefings sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business. An archived webcast and transcript is available.

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Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Orrin Hatch -- May 2009

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), senior member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and ranking Republican on the panel’s Subcommittee on Health Care, spoke May 7 at a Health Care Reform Newsmaker media briefing sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.

Congressional Testimony on Expanding Health Care Coverage -- May 2009
This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Chris Dodd -- April 2009

This webcast captures an April 28, 2009, briefing with Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The briefing was part of the Health Care Reform Newsmaker series sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.

Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform -- April 2009

This webcast captures a briefing with Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, as part of a series of Health Care Reform Newsmaker briefings sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.

Tutorial: Tax Subsidies for Health Care -- April 2009
This narrated presentation explains how tax subsidies for health insurance work and discusses the arguments for and against them.

Tutorial: Public and Health Care Reform -- April 2009
This narrated presentation discusses public opinion on various options for health care reform.

Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) -- March 2009

This webcast captures a briefing with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking Republican member of the Senate Committee on Finance, as part of a series of Health Care Reform Newsmaker series sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.

Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series -- March 2009

The Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business are holding a series of reporters-only briefings designed to inform the public about prospects and options for health reform. Each session featured a prominent newsmaker involved in the health reform debate talking about issues relevant to the debate.

Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) -- March 2009

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, appeared as the first guest in a series of Health Care Reform newsmaker briefings sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.

Pulling it Together: What Will Health Reform Do For Me? -- February 2009
In his latest column from his “Pulling It Together” series, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s President and CEO Drew Altman highlights one critical poll number to watch in the health reform debate.

This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

This narrated presentation explains how tax subsidies for health insurance work and discusses the arguments for and against them.

This narrated presentation discusses public opinion on various options for health care reform.

In his latest column from his “Pulling It Together” series, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s President and CEO Drew Altman highlights one critical poll number to watch in the health reform debate.

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Heath Coverage & the Uninsured: Reform Proposals

Many of the more recent legislative proposals for expanding health insurance coverage to more Americans have an important common element: government-funded subsides for health insurance for low and modest income people. The proposals however differ significantly in the method used to provide these subsidies – specifically, reliance on tax policies to purchase private insurance vs. expansion of existing public insurance programs.